Basil Wells

Basil Wells
Basil Wells (1912–2003) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. His stories appeared in various pulp magazines from the 1940s through the 1960s, often under the pseudonym "Gene Ellerman." Wells authored several short stories and novels, including "Planets of Adventure" and "The Soldier Boy." His work was known for blending imaginative worlds with human emotions, often focusing on character-driven plots within speculative settings.

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She had been asleep. Now she stretched luxuriously beneath the crisp white sheet that the vapid August heat decreed. From memory to memory her dream-fogged mind drifted, and to the yet-to-be. It was good to remember, and to imagine, and to see and feel and hear.... She smiled. She was Ruth Halsey, fourteen, brunette, and pretty. Earl, and Harry, and Buhl had told her she was pretty. Especially Buhl.... more...

His fingers moved over the modest packet of bills the invisible rockhound had handed to him. He smiled through the eternal night that was his own personal hell. Duggan's Hades. "Thanks, Pete," he said gratefully. "Here, have a box of Conmos." His sensitized fingers found the cigars, handed over a box, and he heard the nervous scuff of the other's shoes. "This eight... more...